Engaging Pupils

MOTIVATION .........MOTIVATION.........MOTIVATION.

Extra activities to motivate pupils to learn a language:

o Competitions are a great way to motivate and bring out creativity and pride in your students. To find out about some of these competitions, go to the 'Competitions' section.

CILT National Awards for Excellence

o If you teach language learners in the 14ï¿½19 age group you will be pleased to hear of these exciting new national awards to reward your studentsï¿½ excellence. Our sponsors have kindly donated prizes including cash gifts, resources and a language learning holiday to Spain! (to see details - click on link on the left hand side)

Video Conferencing

o If you do not have the technology to do video conferencing, there are other ways to chat with native speakers. www.flashmeeting.com

o The Goethe Institute organises a variety of events for pupils, such as concerts, films etc and also conferences for teachers. See details here, click on the year to see whatï¿½s on and where. Some take place in Manchester. http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/acv/lhr/2007/enindex.htm

Challenge Fund - UK - connection

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See link on left hand side for more details.

- Enhance the international dimension in your school or youth group and getyoung people involved in cross-curricular projects with their peers inGermany!

- UK-German Connection provides grants for joint thematic activities in allcurriculum areas, with or without a language element. The fund is designedto encourage young people to explore topics of their choice and developtheir skills in an international and hands-on context.